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ADM announces significant
expansions in the U.S. and Germany
April 14, 2022 - Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.
(ADM; Chicago, Ill.; www.adm.com) will invest
approximately $300 million to significantly
expand its Decatur, Ill., alternative-protein
production plant. The project is expected to
be completed in the first quarter of 2025.
ADM is also implementing a multi-million-dollar
project, expected to be complete in 2023, to
add soybean-processing capabilities at its
oilseed facility in Mainz, Germany.
Linde doubles capacity for liquefied
gas products at La Porte facility
April 14, 2022 - Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.;
www.linde.com) is doubling the merchant liquid
production capacity at its La Porte, Tex., site.
Starting up in 2024, the increased capacity
will help Linde meet growing demand from the
petrochemicals, energy, food and aerospace
sectors in the U.S. Gulf Coast. It will also supply
Linde's existing Gulf Coast pipeline system,
which includes nitrogen and oxygen pipelines.
Encina to build advanced recycling
plant in Pennsylvania
April 12, 2022 - Encina Development Group
(The Woodlands, Tex.; www.encina.com) plans
to invest $1.1 billion to build a new advanced
recycling facility in Point Township, Pa. to process
450,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of postconsumer
materials into feedstock for other
manufacturing processes. Construction is
expected to begin in late 2022, and the facility
is expected to be fully operational in 2024.
Versalis to license ABS technology for
new plant in Dongying, China
April 8, 2022 - Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.
eni.com) announced that its chemical subsidiary
Versalis has agreed to license its proprietary
continuous-mass technology to Shandong
Eco Chemical Co., a Chinese company part of
Shandong Haike Holding Ltd. The license will
be granted for a 210,000-m.t./yr acrylonitrile
butadiene styrene (ABS) unit to be built in
Dongying, Shandong province, China.
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AGC to expand synthetic
pharmaceuticals site in Spain
April 8, 2022 - AGC Inc. (Tokyo; www.agcchemicals.com)
will expand the facilities of its
Spanish subsidiary, AGC Pharma Chemicals
Europe S.L.U. A new production facility for
synthetic pharmaceuticals will be constructed
on the company's site, increasing the current
production capacity by 30%. The new facility
is scheduled to start up in the first half of
2024, with a total investment amount of
approximately $100 million.
Ineos Nitriles to build world-scale
acetonitrile plant in Cologne
April 7, 2022 - Ineos (London; www.ineos.
com) announced that Ineos Nitriles intends to
invest in a world-scale acetonitrile production
facility in Cologne, Germany. The facility will
have a production capacity of 15,000 m.t./yr.
Perstorp to build new
carboxylic acids plant in Sweden
April 7, 2022 - Perstorp AB (Malmö, Sweden;
www.perstorp.com) will build a new plant on the
site of its existing carboxylic acid production
operation in Stenungsund, Sweden. This plant
will have a production capacity of around 70,000
m.t./yr for carboxylic acids, which will come
onstream during 2024. It will be capable of
producing acids from C3 to C9 chemistry.
Kraton to expand AMS
resins plant in France
April 6, 2022 - Kraton Corp. (Houston;
www.kraton.com) announced a significant
investment in its alpha methyl styrene (AMS)
resins facility in Niort, France, which will result
in a 15% production increase at the site by
2023. In addition to the capacity increase,
Kraton anticipates the investment will lead
to a 70% reduction in solvent consumption.
Veolia launches carbon-neutral biomethanol
project at Metsä Fibre pulp mill
April 6, 2022 - Veolia (Paris; www.veolia.
com) has announced what is said to be the
world's largest biorefinery project producing
CO2-neutral biomethanol from a pulp mill. The
biorefinery, owned and operated by Veolia,
will be adjacent to Metsä Fibre's Äänekoski
plant in Finland. With a production capacity
of 12,000 m.t./yr, the plant is due to come
onstream by 2024.
AGC begins production at
expanded PVC plant in Indonesia
April 6, 2022 - AGC completed a polyvinyl
chloride (PVC) capacity expansion at its Anyer
Plant in Banten Province, Indonesia. As a result
of the expansion, the group's PVC production
capacity has increased by 200,000 m.t./yr up
to a total of 1.2 million m.t./yr in Southeast Asia.
Mergers & Acquisitions
LyondellBasell sells Australian polymers
business to Viva Energy Group
April 14, 2022 - LyondellBasell (Rotterdam,
the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com)
agreed to sell LyondellBasell Australia (LBA)
to Melbourne-based Viva Energy Group Ltd.
LBA is a polymer manufacturer and distributor
with a production facility located at the Geelong
Refinery. LBA is currently Australia's only
polypropylene manufacturer.
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